Don't turn Christmas shopping into a self-gifting process

2:20 PM,
Dec. 22, 2013

Written by

Ivy Farguheson
ifarguheson@muncie.gannett.com

'Tis the season of buying gifts for friends and family and knowing at least one of them won't make it to the intended recipient because it's meant to be yours.

Oh, you know what I mean. Going to to the mall, Christmas list in hand, wrapping paper already chosen and then deciding that nice perfume you bought for your mother-in-law would smell better on you than her.

Or one night, while sitting in your chilly living room, and after trying on those fuzzy slippers you bought for your sister, you make the executive decision they will now become yours. ...